Shermeen Beg completed her undergraduate degree in architecture from the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan and her graduate degree in architecture from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She has practiced architecture in the United States, Pakistan and Italy. Prior to moving to Canada Shermeen was an Assistant Professor at the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture and taught design studio and theories of architecture courses to undergraduate and graduate students. For the past 5 years, Shermeen has been a regular instructor at the LIFE Institute at Ryerson University and has been a guest speaker at the Vaughan Library, Rotary Club, Elspeth Heyworth Centre and Aga Khan Museum amongst others. Shermeen likes to describe herself as a storyteller, combining her passion for architecture, history and travel in each of her talks. An unrivalled city: Constantinople at the time of the Italian Renaissance The city of Constantinople was weakened and sparsely inhabited at the time of its conquest in 1453. Inspired by the Renaissance in neighbouring Italy, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II gathered Italian artists at his court and in doing so positioned the Ottoman empire onto a global stage. This illustrated talk covers the siege of Constantinople and artistic and architectural achievements of the 15-17thcenturies, that allowed for Istanbul to emerge in its place as a magnificent city with a world-famous skyline.
Shermeen Beg completed her undergraduate degree in architecture from the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan and her graduate degree in architecture from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She has practiced architecture in the United States, Pakistan and Italy. Prior to moving to Canada Shermeen was an Assistant Professor at the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture and taught design studio and theories of architecture courses to undergraduate and graduate students.
For the past 5 years, Shermeen has been a regular instructor at the LIFE Institute at Ryerson University and has been a guest speaker at the Vaughan Library, Rotary Club, Elspeth Heyworth Centre and Aga Khan Museum amongst others.
Shermeen likes to describe herself as a storyteller, combining her passion for architecture, history and travel in each of her talks.
An unrivalled city: Constantinople at the time of the Italian Renaissance
The city of Constantinople was weakened and sparsely inhabited at the time of its conquest in 1453. Inspired by the Renaissance in neighbouring Italy, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II gathered Italian artists at his court and in doing so positioned the Ottoman empire onto a global stage.
This illustrated talk covers the siege of Constantinople and artistic and architectural achievements of the 15-17thcenturies, that allowed for Istanbul to emerge in its place as a magnificent city with a world-famous skyline.
This event is part of the Spring 2021 Speaker series.
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